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OD PROCESS CONSULTANT CERTIFICATION PROGRAM – ODPC

OD PROCESS consultant CERTIFICATION PROGRAM - ODPC

Become a Capable Organization Development Process Consultant

Build the foundational mindset, skills, and confidence to help leaders, teams, and organizations solve complex challenges.

The OD Process Consultant Certification Program (ODPC™) prepares professionals to become effective internal or external OD consultants through behavioral science, systems thinking, process consulting, facilitation, and practical application.

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Your OD Professional Foundation

Become a Trusted OD Process Consultant

Organizations need professionals who can understand the human side of organizational challenges. The ODPC™ develops how you think, relate, inquire, facilitate, and influence so you can help leaders and teams build their own capacity to solve problems and support sustainable change.

Think systemically about people, leadership, culture, structure, technology, and work.
Build trusted and collaborative helping relationships with leaders, teams, and clients.
Ask better questions through Humble Inquiry and active listening.
Facilitate discovery and learning rather than prescribe answers.
Understand group dynamics, team behavior, communication, and decision-making.
Manage conflict, difficult conversations, and disagreement constructively.
Influence without authority and strengthen your consulting confidence.
Help leaders and employees navigate planned, adaptive, and continuous change.

Training Format:

Online
Facilitated Live with OD Experts

Price (USD)

$4,200

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Who Should Attend ODPC?

ODPC is designed for:

  • Emerging and practicing OD professionals
  • HR business partners
  • Learning and Development professionals
  • Talent and Leadership Development professionals
  • Internal consultants
  • Change Management professionals
  • Project and transformation leaders
  • Facilitators and team leaders
  • Professionals transitioning into an OD career
Why Choose the ODPC™

ODPC develops more than consulting tools. It strengthens how you think, relate, inquire, facilitate, and influence. You will learn to:

  • Think systemically
  • Build trusted client relationships
  • Ask better questions
  • Facilitate rather than prescribe
  • Understand group behavior
  • Influence without authority
  • Manage conflict constructively
  • Support sustainable change
  • Build confidence as an OD professional

IOD combines research-based OD principles, experienced faculty, interactive learning, and immediate workplace application.

What Credits Can I Earn?

Graduates receive:

  • The OD Process Consultant Certified Professional — ODPC™ designation
  • IOD Certification
  • Digital credential and professional badge
  • 24 Continuing education credits for ATD, SHRM, HRCI, where applicable 
  • Six-month complimentary GIODN membership
  • Access to IOD tools and professional resources

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Practical Development

Learn Through Practice

The ODPC™ builds practical consulting capability through live virtual instruction, consulting simulations, facilitated discussions, case studies, workplace assignments, coaching, and professional feedback.

Consulting Simulations

Practice inquiry, active listening, contracting, client conversations, and collaborative helping relationships.

Facilitation Practice

Strengthen your ability to lead interviews, meetings, group discussions, difficult conversations, and shared decisions.

Workplace Application

Apply learning immediately through practical assignments, real organizational situations, case studies, and reflection.

Coaching & Feedback

Develop your skills through instructor coaching, peer and faculty feedback, self-assessment, and personal development planning.

Learning Outcomes

What You Will Learn

01

Explain OD Foundations and Values

Describe the purpose, values, ethics, and behavioral-science foundations of Organization Development.

02

Apply Systems Thinking

Examine organizational challenges as interconnected human and organizational systems rather than isolated problems.

03

Use Emotional Intelligence

Apply emotional intelligence, self-awareness, reflection, and consulting presence in professional relationships.

04

Build Collaborative Client Relationships

Develop helping relationships based on trust, shared responsibility, curiosity, and client participation.

05

Apply Humble Inquiry

Use thoughtful questions, active listening, and curiosity to improve understanding and strengthen client engagement.

06

Recognize Group and Team Dynamics

Identify patterns in communication, participation, decision-making, power, conflict, and team behavior.

07

Facilitate Productive Discussions

Facilitate meetings, interviews, group discussions, and collaborative decision-making processes.

08

Manage Conflict Constructively

Help individuals and groups address disagreement while protecting relationships, learning, and progress.

09

Apply Foundational Action Research

Use inquiry, data gathering, diagnosis, action planning, and reflection to support informed organizational action.

10

Support Leaders and Teams Through Change

Help people understand and navigate planned, adaptive, and continuous organizational change.

11

Build Client Problem-Solving Capability

Help clients develop their own capacity to understand challenges, make decisions, and create sustainable solutions.

12

Create a Personal OD Development Plan

Identify your professional strengths, development priorities, and next steps for continuing your OD career.

How You'll Develop Your Expertise
Career Opportuinties with ODPC
Program Overview

You will build practical consulting capability through:

  • Live virtual instruction
  • Consulting simulations
  • Facilitated discussions
  • Workplace assignments
  • Case studies
  • Interview and facilitation practice
  • Instructor coaching
  • Peer and faculty feedback
  • Self-assessments
  • Personal development planning

Participants apply learning immediately to real organizational situations.

OD Leadership Strategy

Graduates are prepared for roles such as:

  • Organization Development Specialist
  • Organization Development Consultant
  • Internal Consultant
  • HR Business Partner
  • Learning & Development Consultant
  • Leadership Development Specialist
  • Change Management Consultant
  • Organizational Effectiveness Consultant
  • Team Effectiveness Consultant
  • Talent Development Consultant

ODPC also prepares participants for advancement into senior Organization Development consulting roles through the ODCP and ODCC certifications.

ODPC Overview

The ODPC program includes:

  • Eight live virtual sessions
  • Three hours per session
  • Interactive instruction
  • Small-group activities
  • Consulting demonstrations
  • Real organizational case studies
  • Practical assignments
  • Coaching and feedback
  • Tools and learning resources

The Role of the OD Process Consultant

Why Organizations Need OD Process Consultants

Organizations today face unprecedented levels of complexity driven by digital transformation, workforce evolution, artificial intelligence, changing employee expectations, and continuous organizational change.

Organization Development Process Consultants help organizations:

  • Improve collaboration across teams
  • Build trust and employee engagement
  • Facilitate difficult conversations
  • Develop high-performing teams
  • Resolve conflict constructively
  • Improve leadership effectiveness
  • Support organizational change initiatives
  • Create sustainable solutions through participation
  • Build organizational capability instead of dependency
Future-Focused Curriculum

Develop the Foundational Capabilities of an OD Process Consultant

The curriculum is organized around the mindset, relational, facilitation, inquiry, and change capabilities required to begin practicing Organization Development responsibly and confidently.

Capability 01

Understanding Human Systems

Learn how people, leadership, culture, processes, technology, and structure interact to influence organizational performance.

Capability 02

Developing an OD Mindset

Build the values, ethics, curiosity, and systems perspective that distinguish Organization Development professionals.

Capability 03

Use of Self

Strengthen emotional intelligence, self-awareness, consulting presence, reflective practice, and Humble Inquiry.

Capability 04

Group Dynamics

Understand how groups communicate, make decisions, manage conflict, exercise influence, and respond to change.

Capability 05

Process Consulting

Build collaborative helping relationships that enable clients to understand challenges and develop their own solutions.

Capability 06

Action Research & Action Planning

Use structured inquiry to identify organizational challenges and create practical, measurable action plans.

Capability 07

Facilitation & Conflict Management

Lead productive meetings, difficult conversations, group discussions, and collaborative decision-making.

Capability 08

Organization Development & Change

Help leaders and employees navigate planned, adaptive, and continuous organizational change.

WEBINARS

Consultative Role of OD Process Professional: Jump Start Your Career in OD (ODPC)

Attend this webinar to learn more about the ODPC program and how to become an OD Process Consultant

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Organization Development Career Pathway

Build Your Expertise at Every Stage of Your OD Career

Progress from foundational consulting capability to strategic partnership and executive-level enterprise transformation.

01
Foundation
ODPC Certification Program
ODPC™

Build Your Foundation

Organization Development Process Consultant

Learn the core consulting skills to become an effective Organization Development Process Consultant.

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02
Professional Practice
ODCP Certification Program
ODCP™

Become a Strategic Partner

Organization Development Certified Professional

Develop the consulting expertise to improve organizational effectiveness and lead enterprise transformation.

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03
Enterprise Leadership
ODCC Certification Program
ODCC™

Lead Enterprise Transformation

Organization Development Certified Consultant

Partner with executives to design organizations, transform culture, and build enterprise capability.

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IMPACT STORIES

Hear From Professionals Who Have Experienced IOD

Participants share how IOD programs strengthened their professional capabilities, expanded their perspectives, and helped them create meaningful impact in their work and organizations.

★★★★★

I appreciated the facilitator’s insights, encouragement, and teaching throughout the program. The course helped me strengthen my understanding of Organization Development and supported my transition into an OD role within my organization. I learned a great deal from both the facilitator and my classmates.

Hunter Douglas

Org. Learning and Development Business Partner, PHR

OD Process Consultant Certification
★★★★★

The facilitation made the learning memorable. Assignments and case studies gave me opportunities to apply what I learned and gain practical experience. The program strengthened my capabilities in Organization Development and change management for use in my current work and future consulting career.

Ipinnaiyeo Opeyemi

ODPC Participant

OD Process Consultant Certification
★★★★★

The program gave me useful tools and methods for addressing organizational opportunities. It increased my confidence in my role and strengthened the knowledge and credibility I need to support meaningful change within my organization.

Laurie Peterson

VP, Associate Engagement

OD Process Consultant Certification
Frequently Asked Questions

Questions About the ODPC™

Find answers about the program level, learning experience, certification and professional outcomes.

Who is the ODPC™ program designed for?

ODPC™ is designed for emerging and practicing OD professionals, HR business partners, facilitators, internal consultants, learning and development professionals, change practitioners, team leaders and professionals transitioning into an Organization Development career.

Is ODPC™ suitable for someone new to Organization Development?

Yes. ODPC™ is the foundational program in the IOD Organization Development certification pathway. It introduces the mindset, values and practical process-consulting capabilities needed to begin working effectively with leaders, teams and organizations.

What will I learn in the ODPC™ program?

You will develop foundational skills in systems thinking, Humble Inquiry, active listening, process consulting, group dynamics, facilitation, conflict management, Action Research and supporting people through organizational change.

How is the ODPC™ program delivered?

The program is delivered online through live, facilitated sessions led by experienced OD professionals. Learning includes discussions, demonstrations, consulting simulations, case studies, workplace assignments, coaching and professional feedback.

How long is the ODPC™ program?

The program consists of eight live virtual sessions, with each session lasting approximately three hours. This provides a total of 24 hours of facilitated professional development.

Is the ODPC™ program practical or mainly theoretical?

ODPC™ is strongly practice-focused. Participants apply OD concepts through consulting conversations, facilitation practice, case studies, workplace assignments, reflection, coaching and feedback.

What certification will I receive?

Participants who successfully complete the program requirements receive the OD Process Consultant Certified Professional designation, ODPC™, together with an IOD certificate and professional digital credential.

How is ODPC™ different from ODCP™ and ODCC™?

ODPC™ builds foundational process-consulting capability. ODCP™ develops professional skills in organizational diagnosis, effectiveness and structured transformation. ODCC™ prepares experienced professionals for executive advising and enterprise-level consulting.

What career opportunities can ODPC™ support?

ODPC™ can support development toward roles such as OD specialist, internal consultant, HR business partner, learning and development consultant, change practitioner, team-effectiveness consultant and organizational-effectiveness professional.

Not Sure Which OD Certification Is Right for You?

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Build Your Future in Organization Development

Build Your Foundation. Expand Your Influence. Transform Organizations.

Organizations need professionals who can connect people, systems, leadership, culture, and strategy. ODPC™ provides the foundational capabilities to begin or advance your career in Organization Development.

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